Those of you that committed to Bama and followed through with it we were truly blessed to watch your career! Thank you all for so many great memories. Roll Tide Roll
The few the proud the bama players. Not a weak willed guy on the team if they last. Bama is like seal school you must be ready to be pushed harder than ever before, but if you can cut it you become a weapon. Alabama where legends are made is not just a slogan, it is the mission. Mission accomplished. There is a former Alabama player at every starting position in the NFL as starters not back ups that is 22 regular positions both sides of the ball and kicker. No one has ever come close to doing that. MIC DROP
True anyone that wants to become a professional athlete, should be aware that pursuing that dream takes up at least 5 hours of training at least 5-6 times a week, split in morning and after noon workouts. Consisting of weight training, cardio, and training for the actual sport your pursuing. It's pretty much a full time job, when you take into consideration the recovery time to go after it again and again.
Starting on a big varsity program is one thing; playing D1 is another, playing SEC is another, playing for Alabama is another, then the NFL is another. Their commitment to their craft along with their mental and physical preparedness is amazing. They earned every penny.
Wow, didn't know playing for Mississippi State, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, etc. was so much more challenging than Ohio State, Clemson, Oklahoma and Oregon.
I have heard Bama players say NFL was easier than playing for Saban. That was several years ago when they ran the ball and had those physical defensive teams!
@@cliftonconnor9389 playing Georgia, Auburn, LSU, A&M, Florida very tough. Clemson plays one good team a year, OSU plays only a few of good teams. Look whose been winning the Naty last 20 years. GA and Bama beat OK, give me break, Oregon?
@@marlon8429 yea act like Bama wasnt destroying teams for almost a decade now😂 one loss n now thats all you hurt fans from teams that bama beat talk about
@@reallhoxhoes8935 These uga clowns enjoying their ONE season lol. They forget Bama blew them out only a few weeks prior. Since 1980 uga-1 NC Bama-7 NC's. But respect to 'em, they got this one. But they should consider how they going overboard.
ROLL TIDE !!!! I was born and raised in Alabama, at 58 can’t wait for the new season to start. Also I want to thank all you players that play your assess off over the years!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!
I am 60 and feel exactly the same from Bear to Saban we have seen some of the best hardest working kids on the planet play here. To all of them Thanks for the memories. You all worked hard and we got to enjoy it from afar without ever breaking a sweat. But know we appreciate every moment of it.Rol Tide and I hope you all live your best lives for ever. YOU EARNED it
Born, raised and still live here in bama and if you're a boy that wants to become a man, a elite player, a player with structure and fundamentals out of this world. Go play for nick
@@luxeenterprisesllc445 do you know how many kids that come to his program and didnt have their dad in their lives. He got Heismans from 2 of them Henry and Ingram. So i dont get your point. What I said isnt far fetched. Nick literally treata those kids like his own. Everyone... Sorry everybody doesnt have the luxury you have. Not your fault.
I was born and raised an Auburn fan supposed to hate everything Bama. But I have to tip my cap to Nick Saban. He's got something figured out on how to build a college football program. And from everything I've ever witnessed or heard, he helps mold some great young men while they are in his program. Nothing but respect to Saban.
I really think the coaches that win Superbowls and College Championships have an understanding of who they need in exact positions not just the physical size of the player and speed but how they play.
@@mattwatters5702 Well theres more to it than that Texas gets top ten recruits every year and 12 teams are over 90.00 in recruitment stats not far from Alabama. He knows how to recruit, how to coach to win and how to coach the right guy for his position. Kirby did it with Georgia and a few years ago they were not ranked as high on recruitment.
@@phobias267 Oxford is like an entirely different world from Anniston. Anniston has the highest crime rate(per capita) in the state. Oxford is like 90% of the rest of the state, just average. FWIW, Anniston was a lot better before they closed down Ft McClellan. That base closure led to a lot more unemployment in the city. Source-I was a student at JSU back in the late 80's/early 90's and worked out of Anniston from the late 90's through the early 2010's.
Never knew he was from Anniston. I live off 21 close to Jacksonville. I avoid Downtown Anniston if possible. The new bypass had really cut into business into Anniston but I'm not worried about getting shot sitting at a red light in Oxford like the shooting that took place between 2 car loads of people at the shell mart couple yrs back.
What I love about Saban is his discipline. You could take TO in his prime years, throw that talent and skill in a college kids body and Saban would still sit his ass out if his attitude wasn't right.
@@kekejohnson687 I respect hbcu and think it’s really cool that JSU got Travis hunter . But you smoking that good shit if you think HBCU will ever be on the level of an Alabama
@@bencitodifferent2797 well you got to remember that it was a time where majority of NFL talent was coming from HBCUS. The only difference from then and now is that schools like Bama can't openly discriminate against these kids for their skin color.
It's interesting hearing this guy talk about the program, I mean there are two reasons why Alabama is so successful. 1 . Saban is probably the best college coach of all time. 2. They are very successful at getting kids into the pros. You always hate seeing the same team dominate year in year old but you gotta respect and also envy it a bit.
The man get the best athletes in the country. Stop acting as Nick is some kind of genius. He don't do anything special just coach. He's getting GOD like status of the kids backs
@@kekejohnson687 Doesn't do anything special it's laughable. he turns 3-star recruits into 1st rounders each and every year. if he's just coaching then why aren't all these other top programs constantly in the playoffs every year.
@@kekejohnson687 Georgia fan here. Listen, I'm not sure if you really meant what you said or are just wanting to trigger people here but surely you understand that every coach can't consistently recruit top level players season after season right? It's not easy at all. Not by a long shot. There are many good coaches all over the country that wish they could get a quarter of the talent that Saban gets. Also, there are players that aren't considered top notch that he gets and develops them into 4 or 5 star status as well. Once again, very difficult to do. Now, there are few things that Saban has done that makes many consider him a genius but I'll talk about one here. The infamous 2018 championship game between Alabama and Georgia where Georgia was in the lead and controlling Alabama by keeping Jalen Hurts in check. Saban benched Hurts after the first half and put a freshman QB named Tua Tagovailoa on the field. He proceeded to go off and beat the brakes off of Georgia. No other coach would have EVER made that decision to bench the starting QB for an unproven freshman. In a championship game no less! That's the mind of Nick Saban. So you can pretend that Saban is a regular run of the mill coach all you want to. His 7 national titles speak for themselves.
i play d3 football at the university of Wisconsin whitewater and even at the d3 level I can relate to this. You dedicate your life to this sport. It never ends until you quit at the college level
Went to Rutgers in 2010 graduate early I literally was in college at 17 and it definitely is not for everybody, meetings , practice, study hall and training camp is brutal but it’s a experience I’ll forever be thankful for
If I didn't know Jonathan and TO were talking about football, I would swear they were talking about the Marines :-). BTW, love seeing content from TO. We need more!
The same reason the marines are considered the best of basic fighting men is they have higher standards and tougher basic training. As bear said decades ago what wins has always won, period end of story MIC DROP.
Several years back, I remember hearing Allen interviewed the week leading up to a championship game and I told one of my friends, “That’s not the guy who ends up being your head coach one day. That’s the guy who ends up being the team owner or Athletics Director, running a university’s entire athletics program.”
Ture. Here in Georgia, WE LOVE IT too! :) You got to make college football your life 12 months out -of-the year to compete here! :) Also, good recruting too! :)
And Kirby is doing th3 same thing at Georgia now. When Saban retires many will be cheering, only issue is Kirby is young and will be the next saban, the guy coaching the team no one wants to play.
When most of the top HS recruits sign with a particular conference, I expect them to have the highest percentage of draftees. It is not rocket science.
The biggest advantage the southern region has is the HS football participation rates. In the South, they are HS football crazy. Not as much up North. HS football in northern cities is pretty bad. Many can't even field a competitive team. HS football is dominated by Catholic and suburban schools. Therefore the talent is just not as deep.
Jalston Fowler is “nudie” if anyone was wondering and he did play in the NFL for a min. Alabama’s current run is the greatest dynasty of all time and Bama has had multiple dynasties. Bama has won 6 NC’s but has played for 9 since Saban has been the coach. I’m only 33 yet have been alive for 7 Bama NC’s. Damien Harris’ class never not played for a NC… that’s 4 years straight of getting to the NC game. Bama also hasn’t won less than 10 games since the ‘07-‘08 season and just lost to an opponent in the SEC east for the first time in a decade. They just grabbed another nasty recruiting class as well with 14/15 top150 players. Roll Tide!
I've never been to Alabama,and I have a very good idea how difficult it is to be a player a UA. You have Saban,Bryant,past,and present, Crimson Tide way,24/7 of hard work. It's almost like being in the military 🪖,but it will pay off,for you if you do your part good.
Alabama has been blessed with many great coaches. Wallace wade- Frank Thomas-Bear Bryant-Gene Stallings and Coach Saban. Make no mistake the college game is a coaches game.
Jalston Fowler was the last pure fullback that I remember playing at Bama. Big bruising fellow. I would not want to get hit by him, not once. I think I could take a few Jahleel Billingsley blocks though. RTR guys!
I’m from Alabama and I’m telling you they are a fierce football team. But the main thing is we ain’t going to give up and we do we come back ready and prepared
I saw a interview a few years ago of Alabama football players. "Are you more afraid of your momma or Coach Saban, Coach can't put his hands on you". Not sure about the last part but I'm a 100% sure momma can give sons a tune up.
Love hearing players talk about what their experience at Alabama was like. There are VERY few that are gifted by God in ways so unique and special that they may not have to try that hard or it might be easy. For example people like Walter Payton or Julio jones or megatron. And for almost my whole life (I’m 24) all those players go to Alabama. Saban had the best run of any football coach ever. One thing that sets him apart is the commitment to excellence and consistency. Has never been done and might never be done again. Up 60 points and still screaming at a 5 star recruit for running a shit route. Unbelievable
Hell yes play for Alabama. Coaching. Potential for NFL career. Room and Board. Fed extremely well. Big Time Games. A coach that will look after you as long as you do your part. Hell yes Alabama Ohio state Georgia Clemson Penn State Michigan Texas Texas A&M Other schools that go big
The thing MOST important about Nick Saban and his program. THEY DON'T HIDE ANY OF WHAT YOU ARE IN FOR! They don't promise anything but an opportunity to compete and buy into the entire experience! EVERY recruit knows that going in!
Nicks sales pitch is, you want titles and NFL contract ? if you have the talent you can get it all, but you will have to earn it. There are no free rides to titles and NFL contracts.
Well it helps when you can get a top recruiting class every year since Nick came to bama. Its makes success alot easier when you got the jimmy and joes
All true, but it all starts with recruiting. If you have the best raw materials and a good program, I fully expect you to win. Kids today have this AAU, herd mentality, they all want to play for the best team, regardless if they may not be the best fit. I think college football was better when most kids stayed closer to home and the competition was better across the board.
@@KALICOE Of course. A good scheme + the talent is deadly. Imo I think you need both good players and a good scheme. Maybe LSU won before 2019 off of talent alone. OU under Riley had the great scheme and had some good players but that alone couldn't do against teams with both
Your guaranteed to be trained by the best college football coach ever. But you better be ready to work, and take it serious bc they don't want people wasting their time. Roll Tide!!!
Why do everybody got to always emphasis that they are more them a athlete? Of course you are more then a athlete. But if you having eat, sleep and breath sports since a kid, this is your life. There is nothing wrong with being a athlete.
Not exaggerating when I say this but none of those other programs or their dynasty should be spoken in the same sentence as to what Saban has built at Bama.
Nick Saban and Bill Belichick are one in the same, both have extremely similar systems in place in which no player is above the team, but they both have the track record in which you buy into whatever they're selling you. At least when you play for Bama you have a better chance of playing for a conference title then playing for a natty.
No crap. Even in high school football, I moved from Alabama to Michigan my senior year and I was the best in shape on the team, by far. In Alabama, I was probably top 25 in shape..
Even with juice left when he left the game TO is still universally recognized as a top 3 WR of all time. Not winning a ring may be the only thing he wish he could've changed
It’s crazy. We are a wrestling family. Wrestling you train harder then any other sport, but there is no money. It just to say you are the best. That is it, something just special about it. It like you are above all that other stuff and if you can become elite in wrestling there nothing you can not be the best at.
It's easy to win national championships when you get the best players in the country and when you can jump over a power five undefeated conference champion and play for a national championship.
At Alabama, you WILL go to class, if you need a tutor you WILL get one, you will work your ass off to be your best. If you are dedicated and tough enough you will come out the other end a man
I love how the the guy who talked the most about what it's like at Alabama, didn't even freaking go there. And the guy who actually went there was cut off several times by TO.
We have changed alot in our society about sports and life, in general... But, the standard for sustained success is never going to change and the people involved will accept nothing less.
Couple of knocks though. Playing indoors year around (nice warm games all year around, I like the B1G). Playing lower level teams like Tennessee Chattanooga late in the season (November), right before bowl season. And SEC hardly ever plays home/home with B1G or ACC or other tough conferences, They always want at neutral locations. Playing a 8 conference schedule while other conferences are playing 9 conference games. All these combined make it easy to look good when it comes time to pick playoff teams. That’s how I see it. U can disagree, that’s fine, but The playoff committee has been unfair when it comes to this conditions.
And that will never change as long as Mickey mouse is running the show. Do not get me wrong, there is tons of talent in the sec. Great players. All you have to do is look at NFL rosters. But your assessment is completely correct. They have a built-in advantage on top of having all of that great talent
Alabama, for example, never plays in the north. They never play a home and home. " Big game against an out of conference opponent is always the first game of the year. And always at a neutral site. And always in the south. They always get a bye before they play lsu. And they always play a team an entire division not just conference but division lower than them before they play Auburn.... Usually Furman or Old Dominion or the citadel or Georgia Southern
@@lawrenceredfilm8650 Not completely accurate. They have played a home and home several years ago with Penn St. They have a home and home with Texas beginning this year and with Ok St in a few years. Also they do have a bye before LSU every year but LSU takes their bye the same week. As far as playing the little guys, those smaller schools depend on that payday which pays them more than they profit the entire season and helps keep their program alive.
Oh you mean playing the paycheck teams the week before rivalry week? Yep it's only the SEC that does that...lol B1G fan....how'd that playoff game go for the DE for Michigan?
@@lawrenceredfilm8650 Auburn just played in Happy Valley this past season and gonna play in Auburn this coming season. Have home/home setup with UCLA or Cal the two years after that. LSU has had home/home with Oregon before and now Texas starting last year. Everyone is moving away from those neutral site games for home/home setups that benefit the schools more than the conference now. It's not the SEC's fault that Disney owned networks were/are paying outrageous amounts of money to teams to play in neutral site stadiums. You don't think Michigan or USC were chomping at the bit to play Alabama in JerryWorld for a big-time payday to open the college football season? Of course they were.
Bama don't play! You either have it or you don't, but you have to really want it, though....you gotta take it seriously and Nick Saban is about winning.
It ain’t like the old days, where talent could possibly take you all the way. Nowadays you got to have talent, commitment and the brains to even get you on the team. People don’t understand the playbooks these kids have to learn is as hard or harder than the classes they take. If kids can’t make the grades to get in then they go to a junior college. The days of pulling strings and given passing grades are gone. The talent pool is too big to waste time, money and possibly probation for breaking the rules. I’m sure at some schools they still do but for the most part the major universities don’t have too. When I was in school you would see players out on the weekends at clubs but you don’t see that anymore. You hardly ever hear of players out partying. I’m only speaking of Alabama and most of this is just my opinion!
Should be aware? Hell our high school kids work out and practice year round. They go to school 7:30-1, practice work out and lift watch film til 7 at night then work. It’s not just footbsll, it’s anything you do in life. You have to sell yourself out to anything you do.
Those of you that committed to Bama and followed through with it we were truly blessed to watch your career! Thank you all for so many great memories.
Roll Tide Roll
Yeah and Superman himself saying it was the hardest thing he ever did, I will NEVER forget Jonathan Allen’s Superman sack
The few the proud the bama players. Not a weak willed guy on the team if they last. Bama is like seal school you must be ready to be pushed harder than ever before, but if you can cut it you become a weapon. Alabama where legends are made is not just a slogan, it is the mission. Mission accomplished. There is a former Alabama player at every starting position in the NFL as starters not back ups that is 22 regular positions both sides of the ball and kicker. No one has ever come close to doing that. MIC DROP
True anyone that wants to become a professional athlete, should be aware that pursuing that dream takes up at least 5 hours of training at least 5-6 times a week, split in morning and after noon workouts. Consisting of weight training, cardio, and training for the actual sport your pursuing. It's pretty much a full time job, when you take into consideration the recovery time to go after it again and again.
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And that goes for any dream. That 💩 takes Faith, time, and hard work. Luck and coincidences don’t exist.
Bro... 5 hours a day ain't nothing. You better be on your grind all day
@@jerek2251 are you serious? You must know nothing about professional athletics.
I failed at the focus part. I was good but not good enough to be a mini celeb and commit to film,2 a days and back to film room.
Starting on a big varsity program is one thing; playing D1 is another, playing SEC is another, playing for Alabama is another, then the NFL is another. Their commitment to their craft along with their mental and physical preparedness is amazing. They earned every penny.
Wow, didn't know playing for Mississippi State, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, etc. was so much more challenging than Ohio State, Clemson, Oklahoma and Oregon.
@@cliftonconnor9389 Now you do! 👍
@@ChristopherX30 😂
I have heard Bama players say NFL was easier than playing for Saban. That was several years ago when they ran the ball and had those physical defensive teams!
@@cliftonconnor9389 playing Georgia, Auburn, LSU, A&M, Florida very tough. Clemson plays one good team a year, OSU plays only a few of good teams. Look whose been winning the Naty last 20 years. GA and Bama beat OK, give me break, Oregon?
Exactly Why Alabama Is So Good.
33-18
@@marlon8429 yea act like Bama wasnt destroying teams for almost a decade now😂 one loss n now thats all you hurt fans from teams that bama beat talk about
Why ? I mean they ok
@@reallhoxhoes8935 These uga clowns enjoying their ONE season lol. They forget Bama blew them out only a few weeks prior. Since 1980 uga-1 NC Bama-7 NC's. But respect to 'em, they got this one. But they should consider how they going overboard.
@@marlon8429 show that other score 👀 . Show that trophy case 👀👀👀
ROLL TIDE !!!! I was born and raised in Alabama, at 58 can’t wait for the new season to start. Also I want to thank all you players that play your assess off over the years!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!
You're not alone!
WE ARE BAMA NATION!!
ROLL TIDE ROLL BABY!
I know roll turds
Let’s get this nattyyyy 12/5/2023 !
I am 60 and feel exactly the same from Bear to Saban we have seen some of the best hardest working kids on the planet play here. To all of them Thanks for the memories. You all worked hard and we got to enjoy it from afar without ever breaking a sweat. But know we appreciate every moment of it.Rol Tide and I hope you all live your best lives for ever. YOU EARNED it
Big J Allen will always be one of my all time faves. He not only is an amazing football player but so damn smart too. Damn. RTR. Great vid
Born, raised and still live here in bama and if you're a boy that wants to become a man, a elite player, a player with structure and fundamentals out of this world. Go play for nick
Unless your name henry ruggs
How about just learn from your father? Sports can’t replace family.
@@luxeenterprisesllc445 do you know how many kids that come to his program and didnt have their dad in their lives. He got Heismans from 2 of them
Henry and Ingram. So i dont get your point. What I said isnt far fetched. Nick literally treata those kids like his own. Everyone... Sorry everybody doesnt have the luxury you have. Not your fault.
You can say that for moat of the big schools.
@@chasejackson7248 yea ok buddy 😂😂😂🤦🏽
I was born and raised an Auburn fan supposed to hate everything Bama. But I have to tip my cap to Nick Saban. He's got something figured out on how to build a college football program. And from everything I've ever witnessed or heard, he helps mold some great young men while they are in his program. Nothing but respect to Saban.
Respect! from Tuscaloosa, appreciate your mature take
I really think the coaches that win Superbowls and College Championships have an understanding of who they need in exact positions not just the physical size of the player and speed but how they play.
i’m a dawg. gotta have respect for saban cause without him we wouldn’t have got the ship this year!
they have 5 star recruits on the bench. anyone could coach that team.
@@mattwatters5702 Well theres more to it than that Texas gets top ten recruits every year and 12 teams are over 90.00 in recruitment stats not far from Alabama. He knows how to recruit, how to coach to win and how to coach the right guy for his position. Kirby did it with Georgia and a few years ago they were not ranked as high on recruitment.
Jon Allen is a consummate professional and is an excellent role model for young men.
Jonathan Allen grew up part of his life in Alabama. He was born in Anniston, Alabama. Facts...
@Cass Taylor meth capital of Alabama
Anniston and oxford are terrible places tbh
I am from Oxford and had no clue Allen was from Anniston. Was he just born there and moved shortly after or did he play ball at Anniston High?
@@phobias267 Oxford is like an entirely different world from Anniston. Anniston has the highest crime rate(per capita) in the state. Oxford is like 90% of the rest of the state, just average. FWIW, Anniston was a lot better before they closed down Ft McClellan. That base closure led to a lot more unemployment in the city. Source-I was a student at JSU back in the late 80's/early 90's and worked out of Anniston from the late 90's through the early 2010's.
Never knew he was from Anniston. I live off 21 close to Jacksonville. I avoid Downtown Anniston if possible. The new bypass had really cut into business into Anniston but I'm not worried about getting shot sitting at a red light in Oxford like the shooting that took place between 2 car loads of people at the shell mart couple yrs back.
What I love about Saban is his discipline. You could take TO in his prime years, throw that talent and skill in a college kids body and Saban would still sit his ass out if his attitude wasn't right.
There's a change on the way. H.B.C.U. starting to get the 5 🌟 athletes.
@@pertburton5586 Not long as you think. It's going down as I speak. It's in process now 4 year's to be exact
@@pertburton5586 we will beat up on the top teams. You won't have any thing to compete with you know that N.F.L. Won't the best
@@kekejohnson687 I respect hbcu and think it’s really cool that JSU got Travis hunter . But you smoking that good shit if you think HBCU will ever be on the level of an Alabama
@@bencitodifferent2797 well you got to remember that it was a time where majority of NFL talent was coming from HBCUS. The only difference from then and now is that schools like Bama can't openly discriminate against these kids for their skin color.
It's interesting hearing this guy talk about the program, I mean there are two reasons why Alabama is so successful. 1 . Saban is probably the best college coach of all time.
2. They are very successful at getting kids into the pros.
You always hate seeing the same team dominate year in year old but you gotta respect and also envy it a bit.
Good points.
The man get the best athletes in the country. Stop acting as Nick is some kind of genius. He don't do anything special just coach. He's getting GOD like status of the kids backs
@@kekejohnson687 Doesn't do anything special it's laughable. he turns 3-star recruits into 1st rounders each and every year. if he's just coaching then why aren't all these other top programs constantly in the playoffs every year.
@@kekejohnson687 Georgia fan here. Listen, I'm not sure if you really meant what you said or are just wanting to trigger people here but surely you understand that every coach can't consistently recruit top level players season after season right? It's not easy at all. Not by a long shot. There are many good coaches all over the country that wish they could get a quarter of the talent that Saban gets. Also, there are players that aren't considered top notch that he gets and develops them into 4 or 5 star status as well. Once again, very difficult to do. Now, there are few things that Saban has done that makes many consider him a genius but I'll talk about one here. The infamous 2018 championship game between Alabama and Georgia where Georgia was in the lead and controlling Alabama by keeping Jalen Hurts in check. Saban benched Hurts after the first half and put a freshman QB named Tua Tagovailoa on the field. He proceeded to go off and beat the brakes off of Georgia. No other coach would have EVER made that decision to bench the starting QB for an unproven freshman. In a championship game no less! That's the mind of Nick Saban. So you can pretend that Saban is a regular run of the mill coach all you want to. His 7 national titles speak for themselves.
@@kekejohnson687 you clearly don't understand THE PROCESS.
i play d3 football at the university of Wisconsin whitewater and even at the d3 level I can relate to this. You dedicate your life to this sport. It never ends until you quit at the college level
It also probably helps that you play for the best team in D3
Went to Rutgers in 2010 graduate early I literally was in college at 17 and it definitely is not for everybody, meetings , practice, study hall and training camp is brutal but it’s a experience I’ll forever be thankful for
I bet Schiano was working y'all like crazy!
@@jonmichael3280 definitely but he one of the best coaches I had
@@fybdrilltime3166 he sent a lot of guys to the league. I don't doubt he was a great coach!
Thats litty brother i went to tulane not as big of a school as rut but forever be grateful for the experience 🤟🏽 💚🤍💚
@@MrVaDelux that’s what’s up lol I remember we played Tulane for our first game
If I didn't know Jonathan and TO were talking about football, I would swear they were talking about the Marines :-). BTW, love seeing content from TO. We need more!
Probably similar in some ways. Although, I'd rather play football than go to boot camp haha
The same reason the marines are considered the best of basic fighting men is they have higher standards and tougher basic training. As bear said decades ago what wins has always won, period end of story MIC DROP.
Several years back, I remember hearing Allen interviewed the week leading up to a championship game and I told one of my friends, “That’s not the guy who ends up being your head coach one day. That’s the guy who ends up being the team owner or Athletics Director, running a university’s entire athletics program.”
Bear Bryant said it best,"if it aint worth working for,it aint worth having"
Ole bear was a master at stating the obvious 😂
So he stole from a better quote.
The thing about Alabama they won't force you to buy.If you don't buy in,there is someone behind you that possible better that will buy in.
Jalston Fowler was one of my favorites for sure! It was so much fun to just watch him out there having fun
Fowler was a BEAST and it was awesome to watch him truck over people. The full back is such underappreciated position
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He was a tank that had speed and agility for a guy his size. last Guy i would want to face
TO did a good job here😊 I don't know why, but I wasn't expecting this to be as good as it was.
TO played for Bill Walsh players Young and Rice...gotta be smart...TO has woman issues--all fun no commitment
At some places they play football.
At Alabama,...WE LIVE IT
Ture. Here in Georgia, WE LOVE IT too! :) You got to make college football your life 12 months out -of-the year to compete here! :) Also, good recruting too! :)
Excellent young men there! They know and lived the Bama standard! Roll Tide Roll!!
As a UGA fan I feel like you have to respect what Bama is doing whether you like em or not & if you dont you just hating on em. Saban definitely the 🐐
Me being a bama fan, It’s fans like u that makes me have some respect for Georgia
@@donjay1157 I aint one of these delusional fans. Gotta give credit where it’s due
And Kirby is doing th3 same thing at Georgia now. When Saban retires many will be cheering, only issue is Kirby is young and will be the next saban, the guy coaching the team no one wants to play.
It's the SEC mentality not just Alabama, it's why more players go Pro from the SEC than any other league
Oh brother 🙄🙄
Bro said league... I think you mean conference
When most of the top HS recruits sign with a particular conference, I expect them to have the highest percentage of draftees. It is not rocket science.
Most come from the ACC SEC get a year or two every now and then but Florida produces its something in that water or alligator meat
The biggest advantage the southern region has is the HS football participation rates. In the South, they are HS football crazy. Not as much up North. HS football in northern cities is pretty bad. Many can't even field a competitive team. HS football is dominated by Catholic and suburban schools. Therefore the talent is just not as deep.
Only the best need apply, only elite get to the pros. And if that’s the goal. Bama is the place.
BAMA BUILDS CHAMPIONS
Where legends are MADE. 🐘🐘 ROLL TIDE🐘
Alabama is the greatest dynasty in CFB history!!
Clemson football
@@daniel-isaacjames7087 They only have 2 National Titles in 3 yrs while Alabama has 6 in 13 years.
@@terencewright9972 I'm well aware of that famlay Lol
@@daniel-isaacjames7087 You must be a Clemson fan LOL
@@terencewright9972 Most Definitely Lifelong Clemson fan but my kinfolk Everett Golson he was the qb against Alabama (ND)
Allen, is a superior young man!!!
Jalston Fowler is “nudie” if anyone was wondering and he did play in the NFL for a min. Alabama’s current run is the greatest dynasty of all time and Bama has had multiple dynasties. Bama has won 6 NC’s but has played for 9 since Saban has been the coach. I’m only 33 yet have been alive for 7 Bama NC’s. Damien Harris’ class never not played for a NC… that’s 4 years straight of getting to the NC game. Bama also hasn’t won less than 10 games since the ‘07-‘08 season and just lost to an opponent in the SEC east for the first time in a decade. They just grabbed another nasty recruiting class as well with 14/15 top150 players. Roll Tide!
Unprecedented bro, no doubt. Hope everyone recognizes this run. Beyond historical.
He also played at VIGOR HIGHSCHOOL in Prichard Alabama. 1988 ESPN National Champions.
When they ask the guest a question and the host ends up talking more than the guest lol 😆 😂
I've never been to Alabama,and I have a very good idea how difficult it is to be a player a UA. You have Saban,Bryant,past,and present, Crimson Tide way,24/7 of hard work. It's almost like being in the military 🪖,but it will pay off,for you if you do your part good.
Alabama has been blessed with many great coaches. Wallace wade- Frank Thomas-Bear Bryant-Gene Stallings and Coach Saban. Make no mistake the college game is a coaches game.
Imagine if TO played at a place like bama he’d probably be known as one best college receivers ever
He said he didn’t get better until he started working with Jerry Rice and 49ers! They taught him how to run routes
And plus we ran the ball majority of the time during T.O era
Gene Stallings was coach. He got a ship but he was no Saban.
@@eastalpresident1937 I wish Coach Stallings could've coached a few more years. He was old school like CNS!
Imigine kissing nick sabens ass, wait never mind you already know.
Wow, Allen even said Alabama is the hardest thing he’s ever done spiritually 😂 I’m sure it’s tough tho, Bama is top tier
Jalston Fowler was the last pure fullback that I remember playing at Bama. Big bruising fellow. I would not want to get hit by him, not once. I think I could take a few Jahleel Billingsley blocks though. RTR guys!
@@haroldhall1517 Now everyone just uses a DT for a fullback.
I’m from Alabama and I’m telling you they are a fierce football team. But the main thing is we ain’t going to give up and we do we come back ready and prepared
Swear it feels like Jon is talking to me. He keeps looking right into the camera.
🤦🏻♂️……..🤣🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼 Bro !!!😭😭
Anything you do should be your life to have success 🙌🏿
I saw a interview a few years ago of Alabama football players. "Are you more afraid of your momma or Coach Saban, Coach can't put his hands on you". Not sure about the last part but I'm a 100% sure momma can give sons a tune up.
I'm a Bama fan, but the SEC as whole is very physical and every team is well respected
Love hearing players talk about what their experience at Alabama was like. There are VERY few that are gifted by God in ways so unique and special that they may not have to try that hard or it might be easy. For example people like Walter Payton or Julio jones or megatron. And for almost my whole life (I’m 24) all those players go to Alabama. Saban had the best run of any football coach ever. One thing that sets him apart is the commitment to excellence and consistency. Has never been done and might never be done again. Up 60 points and still screaming at a 5 star recruit for running a shit route. Unbelievable
1:52 “that’s awesome” lol was that guy even listening
Hell yes play for Alabama.
Coaching. Potential for NFL career. Room and Board. Fed extremely well. Big Time Games. A coach that will look after you as long as you do your part. Hell yes
Alabama
Ohio state
Georgia
Clemson
Penn State
Michigan
Texas
Texas A&M
Other schools that go big
Not about the school you wanna go to. Its about wanting to play. Bama breeds 4,5 stars only
USC boutta be up there too look at their recruiting class and transfers
@@MuckNoya ALABAMA DOESN'T BREED 4-5 STARS.... THEY RECRUIT 4-5 STARS. THE 4-5 STARS ARE BORN AND BRED IN HIGH SCHOOL.
@@RON-MEXICO911 did you know what I meant or no? Oh ok stfu
@@bencitodifferent2797 Lincoln Riley doing the same he did at OU load up on skill guys while making the trench play an afterthought
The thing MOST important about Nick Saban and his program. THEY DON'T HIDE ANY OF WHAT YOU ARE IN FOR! They don't promise anything but an opportunity to compete and buy into the entire experience! EVERY recruit knows that going in!
Nicks sales pitch is, you want titles and NFL contract ? if you have the talent you can get it all, but you will have to earn it. There are no free rides to titles and NFL contracts.
Buying in is so crucial when playin at a high level. I didn’t believe in it till I did and the results spoke for themselves.
Roll MF TIDE. You know you love to hear players sit around and talk about the GOAT.
This makes me wanna hear more about Alabama football.
Makes me proud to b a life long Bama fan. Roll Tide!!!
why can't i find this full interview?
Here you go: th-cam.com/video/1ZLvldJswCU/w-d-xo.html
Well it helps when you can get a top recruiting class every year since Nick came to bama. Its makes success alot easier when you got the jimmy and joes
Very true but you still have to coach them up
All true, but it all starts with recruiting. If you have the best raw materials and a good program, I fully expect you to win. Kids today have this AAU, herd mentality, they all want to play for the best team, regardless if they may not be the best fit. I think college football was better when most kids stayed closer to home and the competition was better across the board.
@@Senio25 no you don't look ain't Miami if Bama had a OC like Riley they would make the greatest offense ever
@@KALICOE Of course. A good scheme + the talent is deadly. Imo I think you need both good players and a good scheme. Maybe LSU won before 2019 off of talent alone. OU under Riley had the great scheme and had some good players but that alone couldn't do against teams with both
True, but Alabama wasn't doing that recently before nick got there.
That is why Coach Saban is the GOAT!!! RTR!!!
Your guaranteed to be trained by the best college football coach ever. But you better be ready to work, and take it serious bc they don't want people wasting their time. Roll Tide!!!
Why do everybody got to always emphasis that they are more them a athlete? Of course you are more then a athlete. But if you having eat, sleep and breath sports since a kid, this is your life. There is nothing wrong with being a athlete.
Allen is a legend on campus still
Been around long enough to see elite programs like Bowden with FSU. Miami with Jimmy Johnson And Coker, USC with Carrol and now Bama with Saban.
Not exaggerating when I say this but none of those other programs or their dynasty should be spoken in the same sentence as to what Saban has built at Bama.
I’m the end. It’s not hard work when you love doing it for fun.. every player in the league as the love for it at first.
nudie was one of my all time favorites. you don't see players his size at running back anymore. he was a couple biscuits away from being a center lol
It is hard to stand out at Bama but Jonathan Allen did. Big time.
I really want to play for UGA.
‘reputation’
I love this.
Dedication to the fullest
He Bought in to Excellence!
33-18
Nick Saban and Bill Belichick are one in the same, both have extremely similar systems in place in which no player is above the team, but they both have the track record in which you buy into whatever they're selling you. At least when you play for Bama you have a better chance of playing for a conference title then playing for a natty.
No crap. Even in high school football, I moved from Alabama to Michigan my senior year and I was the best in shape on the team, by far. In Alabama, I was probably top 25 in shape..
I think TO regrets how he acted in the NFL. The antics, the drama. Dude had a lot of yrs left when he stopped. Deserves to be in the hall. Crazy.
He is in the Hall. Got in 2018. Do you even watch football? Lol
Even with juice left when he left the game TO is still universally recognized as a top 3 WR of all time. Not winning a ring may be the only thing he wish he could've changed
He dropped a lot of balls on the humble
@@marinevet4131 smh these kids today
@@javonwilliamson6986 if he would've had more discipline, he would have been the best to ever run a route,imo!
That teaching from Saban sounds vital
Thats wht hes got 7 nattys and 9 SEC championships in 17 years and how many coach of the year ? hes on another level 🐘🏆
Bama is the pentacle of college football
It makes sense why players in the league that went to Bama usually say playing there was harder than the league
Hatch, L.U. represent
It’s a lifestyle…you gotta love tht shit! Up, down, all around love it! The agape love….
I got family who FINALLY get this. Jah Robinson. You'll know the name soon.
My nephew went to Saban camp and Cramped up as well. 😅
Nuddy had some of the best highschool highlights youll see from a guy thats 6 foot 240. If he never got hurt he would've been a problem.
I went to school with nudie I never seen him miss an assignment anyway 😂🗣 mobile al native ☝️
It’s crazy. We are a wrestling family. Wrestling you train harder then any other sport, but there is no money. It just to say you are the best. That is it, something just special about it. It like you are above all that other stuff and if you can become elite in wrestling there nothing you can not be the best at.
It's easy to win national championships when you get the best players in the country and when you can jump over a power five undefeated conference champion and play for a national championship.
At Alabama, you WILL go to class, if you need a tutor you WILL get one, you will work your ass off to be your best. If you are dedicated and tough enough you will come out the other end a man
I love how the the guy who talked the most about what it's like at Alabama, didn't even freaking go there. And the guy who actually went there was cut off several times by TO.
We have changed alot in our society about sports and life, in general... But, the standard for sustained success is never going to change and the people involved will accept nothing less.
Couple of knocks though. Playing indoors year around (nice warm games all year around, I like the B1G). Playing lower level teams like Tennessee Chattanooga late in the season (November), right before bowl season. And SEC hardly ever plays home/home with B1G or ACC or other tough conferences, They always want at neutral locations. Playing a 8 conference schedule while other conferences are playing 9 conference games. All these combined make it easy to look good when it comes time to pick playoff teams. That’s how I see it. U can disagree, that’s fine, but The playoff committee has been unfair when it comes to this conditions.
And that will never change as long as Mickey mouse is running the show. Do not get me wrong, there is tons of talent in the sec. Great players. All you have to do is look at NFL rosters. But your assessment is completely correct. They have a built-in advantage on top of having all of that great talent
Alabama, for example, never plays in the north. They never play a home and home. " Big game against an out of conference opponent is always the first game of the year. And always at a neutral site. And always in the south. They always get a bye before they play lsu. And they always play a team an entire division not just conference but division lower than them before they play Auburn.... Usually Furman or Old Dominion or the citadel or Georgia Southern
@@lawrenceredfilm8650 Not completely accurate. They have played a home and home several years ago with Penn St. They have a home and home with Texas beginning this year and with Ok St in a few years. Also they do have a bye before LSU every year but LSU takes their bye the same week. As far as playing the little guys, those smaller schools depend on that payday which pays them more than they profit the entire season and helps keep their program alive.
Oh you mean playing the paycheck teams the week before rivalry week? Yep it's only the SEC that does that...lol B1G fan....how'd that playoff game go for the DE for Michigan?
@@lawrenceredfilm8650 Auburn just played in Happy Valley this past season and gonna play in Auburn this coming season. Have home/home setup with UCLA or Cal the two years after that. LSU has had home/home with Oregon before and now Texas starting last year. Everyone is moving away from those neutral site games for home/home setups that benefit the schools more than the conference now. It's not the SEC's fault that Disney owned networks were/are paying outrageous amounts of money to teams to play in neutral site stadiums. You don't think Michigan or USC were chomping at the bit to play Alabama in JerryWorld for a big-time payday to open the college football season? Of course they were.
And that folks, is the reason Alabama is the best.
This man really said playing football for alabama was spiritually the hardest thing he’s ever done 😂
Bama don't play! You either have it or you don't, but you have to really want it, though....you gotta take it seriously and Nick Saban is about winning.
This needs to be long form on TH-cam
Full episode with Jonathan Allen here: th-cam.com/video/1ZLvldJswCU/w-d-xo.html
It ain’t like the old days, where talent could possibly take you all the way. Nowadays you got to have talent, commitment and the brains to even get you on the team. People don’t understand the playbooks these kids have to learn is as hard or harder than the classes they take. If kids can’t make the grades to get in then they go to a junior college. The days of pulling strings and given passing grades are gone. The talent pool is too big to waste time, money and possibly probation for breaking the rules. I’m sure at some schools they still do but for the most part the major universities don’t have too. When I was in school you would see players out on the weekends at clubs but you don’t see that anymore. You hardly ever hear of players out partying. I’m only speaking of Alabama and most of this is just my opinion!
Why is TO telling us what it takes to play at Bama the whole time. We want to hear what a Bama player says
TO- my favorite athlete
It’s not just Nick Saban! It’s that black football 🏈 talent on the field! Take that talent off the field, and see what that program would be!
That’s why Alabama Crimson Tide is my favorite team - ROLL TIDE 👩🏻🏫❤️🤍🐐🐘🌊🏈🏆🤍❤️‼️
That discipline learned at Bama will bode them well in life...for the rest of their lives.
Should be aware? Hell our high school kids work out and practice year round. They go to school 7:30-1, practice work out and lift watch film til 7 at night then work. It’s not just footbsll, it’s anything you do in life. You have to sell yourself out to anything you do.
Thank God Miami would not give the GOAT the authority he requires.
Roll Tide!
the same should go for the basketball blue bloods
TO saying “scholastically” had me 😂
Why?
I’m not even a bama fan and I know they’re just built different by Coach Saban and crew. To say they’re well coached is an understatement
To be fair, the way they recruit, they're built different before they even get there. But yeah, they're good at building football players.
Jonathan Allan seems like a pretty cool 😎 dude
I wanna know who the 3 were that could party and have success
TO saying scholastic is hilirious
T.O is from Alabaster,Alabama